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Clinical differences among racially diverse children with celiac disease

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All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article. The authors report that some of the data herein have been shared previously in a virtual poster presentation at the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2021 meeting.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Edaire Cheng for her study design recommendations and Dr. Bradley Barth for his guidance during the manuscript submission process.

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KD: methodology, investigation, formal analysis, writing—original draft, and writing—review and editing; MA: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, writing—review and editing, and supervision.

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Desher, K.A., Alkalay, M.J. Clinical differences among racially diverse children with celiac disease. World J Pediatr 18, 710–714 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-022-00596-4

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